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May 19, 9:33pm THE DEEP BLUES BLOG
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The Fascinating Untold Stories Behind Some of Our Favorite Songs

Apr 15, 4:00pm Flavorwire
Sure, everyone knows that Eric Clapton's "Tears in Heaven" is about about his son falling from a window, Carly Simon's "You're So Vain" may or may not be about Warren Beatty, and "In the Air Tonight" is not about watching someone drown. But there are plenty of other less well-documented backstories behind popular songs — like the one that surfaced over the weekend about The Beatles' "Get Back" starting its life as a dubious satire called "No Pakistanis." Wisely, the band rewrote the lyrics before releasing the song, but it remains a pretty fascinating piece of history, and our [...]
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In The News: The Gaslight Anthem, Robert Pollard, Townes Van Zandt, John Vanderslice, The Three O’Clock, The Fall, The Dandy Warhols And More

Apr 14, 11:00am MAGNET
On June 18, SideOneDummy Records will issue Singles Collection: 2008-2011, which features nine seven-inches containing the Gaslight Anthem’s singles and rare acoustic and live tracks, packaged in a limited-edition wooden collector’s chest ... Robert Pollard will issue his 23rd solo album, Honey Locust Honky Tonk, on July 2 ... Two more Townes Van Zandt reissues will [...]
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Song of the day: Wes Tirey – The Time Leaves So Soon

Apr 8, 4:07am Happy Days Are Here Again
Song of the day: Wes Tirey – The Time Leaves So Soon buy Wes Tirey's EP "I Stood Among Trees" on Bandcamp
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Townes Van Zandt: Sunshine Boy - The Unheard Studio Sessions

Apr 5, 3:03am PopMatters
Townes Van Zandt — Sunshine Boy
The brilliant cult singer-songwriter's peak creative moment gets new light in this double-CD, which captures his joyous highs and near-mystical lows. When Townes Van Zandt was pledging Sigma Nu in college, he decided to crash a big dance, kill everyone's vibe. He and a buddy strolled in barefoot, and Townes was shirtless too, exposing that lanky, rail-thin body that'd later become iconic on his record covers. They walked over to the punch table, got some punch, hung out for around five minutes, then left. The Sigma Nu brothers were furious. How dare they, mere pledges, ruin...
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Artist:Townes Van Zandt
Title:Sunshine Boy
File Name:SoundCloud

(Re)Graded on a Curve: Townes Van Zandt, (s/t)

Mar 22, 8:30am The Vinyl District
(Re)Graded on a Curve: Townes Van Zandt, (s/t) Both in songwriting circles and in the oft harsh arena of departed personalities that never got their just due, the late Townes Van Zandt has grown into a mythic figure. Widely celebrated today for his very personal blend of smart country-folk expression, for the majority of his life Van Zandt was a frustratingly unknown entity. There exists numerous worth entry points into the man’s rich body of work, but the best doorway is provided by his exquisite self-titled third LP from 1969, a record inching toward its forty-fifth year of existence with all of its artistic power undiminished. [...]
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Sunday Mix Tape Number 299

Mar 11, 1:40am Swan Fungus
Wow. And just like that, we have almost reached the 300th mix tape in the history of Swan Fungus. How fitting that it should occur just a handful of days after the 8th anniversary of my first blog post. I'll try to make next Sunday a big, special installment for you. No, it won't contain [...]
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Artist:Area C
Title:Ordinary Vane
Link Text:Ordinary Vane
File Name:area_c_-_ordinary_vane.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Genre:Electronic
Artist:Black To Comm
Title:Jonathan
Link Text:Jonathan
File Name:black_to_comm_-_jonathan.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Genre:Experimental
Artist:Boris
Title:December
Link Text:December
File Name:boris_-_december.mp3
Bitrate:233 kbps
Genre:Rock
Artist:Felix
Title:Sunday Night
Link Text:Sunday Night
File Name:felix_-_sunday_night.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Genre:Pop
Artist:Grouper
Title:6
Link Text:6
File Name:grouper_-_6.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Genre:Experimental
Artist:Hexvessel
Title:His Portal Tomb
Link Text:His Portal Tomb
File Name:hexvessel_-_his_portal_tomb.mp 3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Genre:Folk
Artist:Implodes
Title:Scattered in the Wind
Link Text:Scattered In The Wind
File Name:implodes_-_scattered_in_the_wi nd.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Genre:Rock
Artist:King Dude
Title:Jesus In The Courtyard
Link Text:Jesus In The Courtyard
File Name:king_dude_-_jesus_in_the_court yard.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Genre:Singer-Songwriter
Artist:Landing
Title:Clarke Street
Link Text:Clarke Street
File Name:landing_-_clarke_street.mp3
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Genre:Rock
Artist:STNNNG
Title:Ballad of the Drunken Word
Link Text:Ballad Of The Drunken Word
File Name:stnnng_-_ballad_of_the_drunken _word.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Genre:Punk
Artist:The Besnard Lakes
Title:46 Satires
Link Text:46 Satires
File Name:besnard_lakes_-_46_satires.mp3
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Genre:Rock
Artist:The Dead Texan
Title:The Struggle
Link Text:The Struggle
File Name:dead_texan_-_the_struggle.mp3
Bitrate:213 kbps
Genre:Ambient
Artist:Thomas Koner
Title:Nuuk
Link Text:Nuuk (End)
File Name:thomas_koner_-_nuuk.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Genre:Ambient
Artist:Townes Van Zandt
Title:Nothin'
Link Text:Nothin’
File Name:townes_van_zandt_-_nothin.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Genre:Folk
Artist:Vatican Shadow
Title:Cairo Is A Haunted City
Link Text:Cairo Is A Haunted City
File Name:vatican_shadow_-_cairo_is_a_ha unted_city.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Genre:Experimental

In Memoriam: Townes Van Zandt

Mar 7, 10:00am Cover Me
Five covers of the godfather of alt-country, from people who just had to sing for the sake of the song.
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Artist:Azure Ray
Title:For the Sake of the Song
Link Text:Azure Ray - For the Sake of the Song (Townes Van Zandt cover)
File Name:ForTheSakeOfTheSong.mp3
Bitrate:235 kbps
Genre:Alternative
Year:2002
Artist:Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan
Title:No Place To Fall
Link Text:Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan - No Place to Fall (Townes Van Zandt cover)
File Name:NoPlaceToFall.mp3
Bitrate:188 kbps
Genre:Alternative
Artist:Jay Farrar
Title:White Freightliner Blues
Link Text:Jay Farrar - White Freightliner Blues (Townes Van Zandt cover)
File Name:WhiteFreightlinerBlues.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Year:2001
Artist:Mumford & Sons
Title:If I Needed You (Townes Van Zandt)
Link Text:Mumford & Sons - If I Needed You (Townes Van Zandt cover)
File Name:IfINeededYou.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:2008
Artist:The Be Good Tanyas
Title:Waiting Around To Die
Link Text:The Be Good Tanyas - Waiting Around to Die (Townes Van Zandt cover)
File Name:WaitingAroundToDie.mp3
Genre:Country
Year:2010

Track: J. Tillman “My Proud Mountains” (Townes Van Zandt Cover)

Feb 23, 11:11am Thought on Tracks
Track: J. Tillman “My Proud Mountains” (Townes Van Zandt Cover) Josh Tillman kicked off 2012 by abandoning his post as anchor of folk rock titans Fleet Foxes, leaving a burgeoning cash cow due to his apparent distaste for the constant solemnity that such a role demanded. He promptly created the character of Father John Misty, releasing Fear Fun in the acerbic tone of a psychedelic shaman turned social critic. He traded the beard and coffee house King aesthetic for the hip swiveling, whiskey-drenched confidence that's required of any proper front man. Can you blame him? Isn't every mid-life crisis basically just [...]
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Track: J. Tillman “My Proud Mountains” (Townes Van Zandt Cover)

Feb 23, 11:11am Thought on Tracks
Track: J. Tillman “My Proud Mountains” (Townes Van Zandt Cover) Josh Tillman kicked off 2012 by abandoning his post as anchor of folk rock titans Fleet Foxes, leaving a burgeoning cash cow due to his apparent distaste for the constant solemnity that such a role demanded. He promptly created the character of Father John Misty, releasing Fear Fun in the acerbic tone of a psychedelic shaman turned social critic. He traded the beard and coffee house King aesthetic for the hip swiveling, whiskey-drenched confidence that's required of any proper front man. Can you blame him? Isn't every mid-life crisis basically just [...]
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The Enduring Mysteries Behind 10 Great Love Songs

Feb 14, 10:00am Flavorwire
Famous Blue Raincoat - Leonard Cohen
A few weeks back, we looked at the true stories behind some of our favorite love songs. It's always fascinating to hear a definitive account of what inspired one of your favorite tunes, but it can be equally enthralling to try to puzzle it out on your own. And, of course, in some cases that's all you can do, because it may well be that the songwriter in question isn't providing any answers. So it goes with these tunes, which are all the more fascinating because of the mystery surrounding exactly who they're about. [...]
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Profile: Tiger Waves

Feb 13, 11:51am Violent Success
Profile: Tiger Waves Tiger Waves , the Austin-born band, is made up of Reid Comstock, James Marshall, Joshua Kerl, Tyler Wharen and Nick Volpe. Reid and James started the band in 2011, working from two different cities: Austin and Chicago. It wasn’t until Reid relocated to Austin that the band gained its three other members. I was lucky enough to see them perform at The Empty Bottle in Chicago on February 10, 2013 and speak with them afterward. You can tell the band is close-knit and all of their touring only served to bring them closer together. Read below as [...]
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Artist:Tiger Waves
Title:Fields
Link Text:Fields
File Name:01-Fields.mp3

Townes Van Zandt :: Sunshine Boy – The Unheard Studio Sessions And Demos, 1971-1972

Feb 11, 11:21am An Aquarium Drunkard
Though he made plenty of them over his career, Townes Van Zandt was not particularly interested in studio recordings. He was a songwriter first and foremost, a performer second, and a record-maker a distant third, preferring to let producers and session men do the heavy lifting when it came to laying down his songs on [...]
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Artist:Omnivore Recordings
Title:Heavenly Houseboat Blues
File Name:SoundCloud
Genre:Folk
Year:2013

Townes Van Zandt – Sunshine Boy: The Unheard Studio Sessions and Demos (2013)

Feb 3, 7:29am Something Else! Reviews
Townes Van Zandt - To Live Is To Fly (live)
Never quite at peace, with an uncomfortability in this world likely related to a chemical imbalance, Townes Van Zandt found small solaces in writing - and in those moments, between mental hospitals and benders, he created something of musical permanence. That he made it all seem so effortless, so conversational, remains one of his great gifts, but not his greatest: [...]
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Bloggy Goodness: Rodriguez To Record New Music

Jan 31, 9:09am Hidden Track
Bloggy Goodness: Rodriguez To Record New Music We've been enthusiastically touting the music of Rodriguez since his lost classic debut Cold Fact  was re-released by Light In The Attic back in 2008. Last year,  the singer-songwriter's remarkable story got a major boost thanks to the fantastic Oscar-nominated documentary Searching for Sugar Man , which has earned heaps of accolades and has again revived interest in not only his recordings but also as a live act. Yesterday, Rolling Stone broke the news that the now 70-year-old Rodriguez will likely head into the studio for the first time [...]
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Yesterday I wrote a post about Mike Tod’s great album...

Jan 29, 10:00am hi54lofi
Townes Van Zandt in Heartworn Highway
Yesterday I wrote a post  about Mike Tod’s great album ‘The California Recordings’ , and in that post, I made a reference to the Townes Van Zandt documentary ‘ Be Here To Love Me ’. Well, that got me wanting to watch the documentary again. So I did. And it is still amazing. There are a lot of really poignant scenes captured on film and a lot of really inspiring things said, but nothing hits quite as hard as the scene above (which originally appeared in the documentary ‘ Heartworn Highways ’, which I haven’t seen yet, so [...]
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Listen Up: A John Blek & The Rats playlist

Jan 29, 6:08am The G-Man
Listen Up: A John Blek & The Rats playlist King rat takes control of the jukebox... With less than two weeks before the first The G-Man Presents... show of 2013, John Blek & The Rats master craftsman John O'Connor - who plays a solo show in Cork's Plugd Records on Friday, February 8th - weaves together a specially-chosen playlist for our ears only. John himself walks us through his ten tune selection. Townes Van Zandt - 'Tecumseh Valley' [...]
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Townes Van Zandt :: Live – Minneapolis, MN, 1973

Jan 9, 5:18pm An Aquarium Drunkard
There's a collection of unreleased Townes Van Zandt recordings from 1971-72 coming out in a few weeks. I haven't heard a note of it, but I'm going to go out on a limb and call it one of the best releases of 2013. The years 1968-1973 were Van Zandt's peak period, with classics pouring out [...]
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Remembering Townes

Jan 1, 7:00am Beat Surrender
Remembering Townes March 7, 1944 – January 1, 1997 Part 1 TvZ Trysull Part 1 Part 2 TzZ Trysull Part 2
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The Not Contractually Obligated Top Ten Of 2012

Dec 31, 2012, 1:56pm Barely Awake In Frog Pajamas
The Not Contractually Obligated Top Ten Of 2012 Now that I've wasted so much time here establishing a few traditions, I'd be remiss to honor not them... Almost every artist in the history of mankind has at least one title in their catalog that is a compilation, a stopgap collection meant to maintain interest between releases (often to boost holiday sales) or to fulfill a contractual obligation. This is the former, a chance to make use, one more time, of a lot of wasted time over the past twelve months. Four years ago, I reflected on the annual, childhood tradition of [...]
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